Waterproof, Windproof, Breathable, and Thermal Insulated Wader

ABSTRACT

A waterproof, windproof, breathable, and thermal insulated wader is being constructed to have an exterior layer having water repellent, wind and environmental resistance, and an interior layer overlapped on the exterior layer, wherein the interior layer comprises an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric. The wader further has a glue coating affixing the exterior layer at the interior layer, wherein the glue coating has a plurality of microporous formed between the exterior layer and the interior layer to provide breathable and waterproof function.

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BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

Field of Invention

The present invention relates to waders, and more particularly to waders, which provides waterproof, windproof, breathable, and thermal insulated ability for keeping the wearer comfortable.

Description of Related Arts

Wearers, such as fishermen, often wear a wader to walk to rivers and streams in pursuit of fish. A conventional waders comprises a waders body shaped and sized to be worn by the wearer to perform fly-fishing or any other activities which require the wearer to immerse into water for a period of time. Accordingly, waders are used in a variety of weather conditions. The conventional wader is usually constructed to have an inner layer, a middle insulated layer, and an outer waterproof layer to form a three-layered wader structure.

A major disadvantage of the above-mentioned conventional waders is that the elasticity of the three-layered wader structure is low. Therefore, the wearer may feel uncomfortable and difficult to have a body movement. Furthermore, the wader is designed to have a thicker outer layer to increase the waterproof ability. However, it will make the wader heavier. The manufacturing process for making the three-layered wader structure is complicated because the outer layer, the middle layer, and the inner layer must be laminated with each other layer-by-layer. Also, the durability of the wader is a common problem to keep the layers together and to perform their own functions for providing a breathable ability to enhance the comfort for the wearer and for keeping the water away from entering into the inner layer at the same time.

In particular, the main disadvantage of conventional wader is not to perform warm function when fishers stayed long period in river. The improved construction of the conventional wader could have waterproof and breathability function with light material but didn't keep the wearer warm.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The invention is advantageous in that it provides a wader, which provides waterproof, windproof, breathable, and thermal insulated ability for keeping the wearer comfortable.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a wader, wherein the construction of the wader is to have warm by some procedures on material but didn't increase the layer to make the wader heavier. As well, it makes the wearer feel comfortable and easy to have body movement.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a wader, wherein the interior layer of the wader is constructed to have an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric. In particular, fleece fabric is brushed at the interior tricot to form a tricot fleece having a tricot face to be fleecing for keeping the wearer's body warm.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a wader, wherein a glue coating is provided to affix the exterior layer to the interior layer. In particular, the glue coating has a plurality of microporous to provide breathable and waterproof function.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a wader, wherein a chemical coating provided between the exterior layer and the interior layer for enhancing a thermal insulation of the interior layer. For example, chemical coating can be a titanium coating which contains titanium powders mixed with glue material of the glue coating to form a single coating structure.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a wader, which simply constructed by a two-layered garment to simplify the overall structure of the wader and the manufacturing process thereof.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a wader, which does not require altering the original structural design of the wader and the manufacturing process of the garment thereof is simple and easy, so as to minimize the manufacturing cost of the wader constructed by the garment.

Another advantage of the invention is to a wader, wherein no expensive or complicated structure is required to employ in the present invention in order to achieve the above mentioned objects. Therefore, the present invention successfully provides an economic and efficient solution for manufacturing a wader to provide waterproof, windproof, breathable, and thermal insulated ability.

Additional advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows, and may be realized by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particular point out in the appended claims.

According to the present invention, the foregoing and other objects and advantages are attained by a wader comprising a wader body having a truck portion and two leg portions. The wader body is constructed to have an exterior layer having water repellent, wind and environmental resistance, and an interior layer overlapped on said exterior layer, wherein the interior layer comprises an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric.

In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the present invention comprises a method of manufacturing a garment of a wader, comprising the following steps.

(A) Form an exterior layer having water repellent, wind and environmental resistance.

(B) Form an interior layer which comprises an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric.

(C) Affix the interior layer to the exterior layer.

Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the ensuing description and drawings.

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wader according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective of a garment of the wader according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the garment of the wader according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a method of manufacturing the wader according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The following description is disclosed to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the present invention. Preferred embodiments are provided in the following description only as examples and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The general principles defined in the following description would be applied to other embodiments, alternatives, modifications, equivalents, and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 of the drawings, a garment of an outerwear according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, wherein the outerwear is illustrated as a wader according to the preferred embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the wader, especially a breathable wader, has a truck portion 101 and two leg portions 102 that the wader is worn by a wearer for outdoor activities.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the wader garment is constructed to have an exterior layer 10 having water repellent, wind and environmental resistance, and an interior layer 20 overlapped on the exterior layer 10. Accordingly, the wader is constructed to have a two-layered garment to simplify the overall structure of the wader.

The exterior layer 10 serves as a shell fabric and is preferably made of polyester or Nylon, preferably, 100% polyester or 100% Nylon. In particular, the exterior layer 10 is made of 100% polyester fibers that is stretchable, durable, shrink-resistance, anti-static, and fire resistant. It is worth mentioning that the exterior layer 10 is made of polyester or Nylon microfiber. The weaving style of the exterior layer 10 can be plain or twill. Preferably, the exterior layer 10 is processed with water repellent.

The interior layer 20 of the wader comprises an interior tricot 21 brushing with thermal insulated fabric 22. According to the preferred embodiment, the interior tricot 21 is nylon tricot having 20 D yarn count as the base material of the interior layer 20. Preferably, the weaving style of the interior tricot 21 is plain. The thermal insulated fabric 22 is fleece fabric brushed at the interior tricot 21 to form a tricot fleece. In other words, the two-layered garment of the wader refers to the exterior layer 10 and the tricot fleece. In particular, the fleece fabric is brushed at an interior side of the interior tricot 21 to form a tricot face to be fleecing, wherein the tricot face of the interior layer 20 can keep the wearer's body warm and give a soft touch of the tricot face. Accordingly, an exterior side of the interior tricot 21 is affixed to the exterior layer 10.

In order to secure the exterior layer 10 onto the interior layer, 20, the garment further comprises a glue coating 30 affixing the exterior layer 10 at the interior layer 20, wherein the glue coating 30 has a plurality of microporous 31 formed between the exterior layer 10 and the interior layer 20 to provide breathable and waterproof function. Accordingly, the water vapor permeability of the glue coating 30 is about 4,405 g/m²/24 hours, and the resistance to water penetration of the glue coating 30 is over 15,000 mm H₂O. It is worth mentioning that the glue coating 30 can be formed as a glue membrane for affixing the exterior layer 10 at the interior layer 20. Preferably, glue coating 30 comprises PU coated on the exterior layer 10.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the wader further comprises chemical coating. In particular, the chemical coating comprises a thermal reflective coating 40 provided between the exterior layer 10 and the interior layer 20 for enhancing a thermal insulation of the interior layer 20. Accordingly, the thermal reflective coating 40 can be made of chemical substance such as titanium, outlast material, and film. For example, the thermal reflective coating 40 can be titanium coating which can thermally reflect the body heat back to wearer to keep the body warm. In particular, the titanium coating 40 is formed by titanium powders which is evenly mixed with the glue material of the glue coating 30 to form a single coating structure. In other words, the when the glue coating 30 is applied between the exterior layer 10 and the interior layer 20, the titanium coating 40 will be integrally formed with the glue coating 30 between the exterior layer 10 and the interior layer 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, the method of manufacturing a garment of a wader, comprising the following steps.

(A) Form the exterior layer 10 having water repellent, wind and environmental resistance.

(B) Form the interior layer 20 by brushing the thermal insulated fabric 22, i.e. the fleece, with the interior tricot 21 via a brushing machine. In particular, the fleece fabric is brushed at the interior side of the interior tricot 21 to form the tricot face. In other words, only the interior side of the interior tricot 21 has the fleece fabric brushed thereat.

(C) Affix the interior layer 20 to the exterior layer 10. In particular, the exterior side of the interior layer 20 is affixed to the interior side of the exterior layer 10. Accordingly, the glue coating 30 is provided between the interior layer 20 and the exterior layer 10 to affix the interior layer 20 to the exterior layer 10.

(D) Provide the thermal reflective coating 40 between the exterior layer 10 and the interior layer 20. In particular, the thermal reflective coating 40 is titanium coating made of titanium powders mixed with the glue material of the glue coating 30. Therefore, the glue coating 30 and the thermal reflective coating 40 are integrated to form a single coating having both the gluing ability and thermal reflective ability for being applied between the exterior layer 10 and the interior layer 20.

(E) Cut the wader garment into pieces and sew the pieces to form the wader having the truck portion 101 and two leg portions 102.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A wader, comprising: a wader body, having a truck portion and two leg portions, being constructed to have an exterior layer having water, wind and environmental resistance, and an interior layer overlapped on said exterior layer, wherein said interior layer comprises an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric.
 2. The wader, as recited in claim 1, wherein said wader body further comprises a glue coating affixing said exterior layer at said interior layer, wherein said glue coating has a plurality of microporous formed between said exterior layer and said interior layer to provide breathable and waterproof function.
 3. The wader, as recited in claim 1, wherein said thermal insulated fabric is fleece fabric brushed at said interior tricot to form a tricot fleece, wherein said fleece fabric brushed at an interior side of said interior tricot to form a tricot face to be fleecing while an exterior side of said interior tricot is affixed to said exterior layer.
 4. The wader, as recited in claim 2, wherein said thermal insulated fabric is fleece fabric brushed at said interior tricot to form a tricot fleece, wherein said fleece fabric brushed at an interior side of said interior tricot to form a tricot face to be fleecing while an exterior side of said interior tricot is affixed to said exterior layer.
 5. The wader, as recited in claim 1, wherein said wader body further comprises a thermal reflective coating provided between said exterior layer and said interior layer for enhancing a thermal insulation of said interior layer.
 6. The wader, as recited in claim 2, wherein said wader body further comprises a thermal reflective coating provided between said exterior layer and said interior layer for enhancing a thermal insulation of said interior layer.
 7. The wader, as recited in claim 4, wherein said wader body further comprises a thermal reflective coating provided between said exterior layer and said interior layer for enhancing a thermal insulation of said interior layer.
 8. The wader, as recited in claim 6, wherein said thermal reflective coating comprises titanium coating containing titanium powders mixed with glue material of said glue coating.
 9. The wader, as recited in claim 7, wherein said thermal reflective coating comprises titanium coating containing titanium powders mixed with glue material of said glue coating.
 10. The wader, as recited in claim 1, wherein said exterior layer is made of polyester and said interior tricot is nylon tricot.
 11. The wader, as recited in claim 9, wherein said exterior layer is made of polyester and said interior tricot is nylon tricot.
 12. A garment of an outerwear, comprising: an exterior layer having water, wind and environmental resistance; and an interior layer overlapped on said exterior layer, wherein said interior layer comprises an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric.
 13. The garment, as recited in claim 12, further comprising a glue coating affixing said exterior layer at said interior layer, wherein said glue coating has a plurality of microporous formed between said exterior layer and said interior layer to provide breathable and waterproof function.
 14. The garment, as recited in claim 13, wherein said thermal insulated fabric is fleece fabric brushed at said interior tricot to form a tricot fleece, wherein said fleece fabric brushed at an interior side of said interior tricot to form a tricot face to be fleecing while an exterior side of said interior tricot is affixed to said exterior layer.
 15. The garment, as recited in claim 14, wherein said wader body further comprises a thermal reflective coating provided between said exterior layer and said interior layer for enhancing a thermal insulation of said interior layer, wherein said thermal reflective coating comprises titanium coating containing titanium powders mixed with glue material of said glue coating.
 16. The garment, as recited in claim 15, wherein said exterior layer is made of polyester and said interior tricot is nylon tricot.
 17. A method of manufacturing a garment of a wader, comprising the steps of: (a) forming an exterior layer having water, wind and environmental resistance; (b) forming an interior layer which comprises an interior tricot brushing with thermal insulated fabric; and (c) affixing said interior layer to said exterior layer.
 18. The method, as recited in claim 17, wherein the step (c) further comprises a step of providing a glue coating between said exterior layer at said interior layer, wherein glue coating has a plurality of microporous formed between said exterior layer and said interior layer to provide breathable and waterproof function.
 19. The method, as recited in claim 18, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step of brushing fleece fabric as said thermal insulated fabric at said interior tricot to form a tricot fleece, wherein said fleece fabric brushed at an interior side of said interior tricot to form a tricot face to be fleecing while an exterior side of said interior tricot is affixed to said exterior layer.
 20. The method, as recited in claim 19, further comprising a step of providing a thermal reflective coating between said exterior layer and said interior layer for enhancing a thermal insulation of said interior layer.
 21. The method, as recited in claim 20, wherein said thermal reflective coating comprises titanium coating containing titanium powders mixed with glue material of said glue coating. 